Girolamo Frescobaldi

This article is a list of compositions by Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643). It is taken from the Frescobaldi Thematic Catalogue Online (FTCO), edited by Dr. Alexander Silbiger of Duke University. The catalogue numbering in the FTCO is, in turn, based on the Opere complete, the thirteen-volume edition of the complete works published by Edizioni Suvini Zerboni between 1975 and 2018, under the auspices of the Società Italiana di Musicologia.

The FTCO is an online thematic catalogue of all compositions attributed to Girolamo Frescobaldi and a database of the early sources, modern and facsimile editions, and literature. The catalogue listings on this page are a subset of the entire catalogue, consisting of all of the published works and those manuscript works that have been associated with Frescobaldi or his assistants. The full catalogue can be browsed at the FTCO site.

Catalogue Organization edit

The FTCO catalogue numbers are based on the volume number from the Opere complete and the order of appearance in the volume, such as F1.02 for the second work in volume 1. A composition with several major parts may have a third number, such as F1.02.03 and a work with several significantly different versions may have a lower-case suffix, such as F1.02a, to distinguish the versions.

The following table shows the thirteen volumes of the Opere complete and the corresponding FTCO catalogue numbers.

Volume Title FTCO
1 Due messe a otto voci e basso continuo (MS) F1.01 - F1.02
2 Il primo libro di toccate d’intavolatura (1615-1637) F2.01 - F2.37
3 Il secondo libro di toccate d’intavolatura (1627-1637) F3.01 - F3.40
4 Il primo libro di capricci (1624-1626) F4.01 - F4.12
5 Il primo libro dei madrigali (1607) F5.01 - F5.19
6 Il primo libro delle fantasie (1608) F6.01 - F6.12
7 Arie Musicali (1630) and arie in printed anthologies F7.01 - F7.46
8 Il primo libro delle canzoni (1628-1635) and canzoni in a printed anthology (1608) F8.01 - F8.54
9 Recercari et canzoni franzese (1615-1642) F9.01 - F9.15
10 Canzoni Alla Francese (1645) F10.01 - F10.11
11 Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627) and motets in printed anthologies F11.01 - F11.42
12 Fiori Musicali (1635) F12.01 - F12.47
13 Opere manoscritte per tastiera, autentiche e di dubbia attribuzione (F13 - F20)

Exceptions to this sequential numbering are Volume 8 (the instrumental canzonas) and Volume 13 (the manuscript keyboard works), which are explained below. For more details on the assignment of F numbers, see the FTCO site.

Catalogue of Published Works edit

Volumes 2-12 are devoted to publications from Frescobaldi's lifetime (plus the Canzoni Alla Francese, published by Frescobaldi's associates two years after his death).

FTCO Title Scoring Main Source Notes

Il primo libro di toccate d’intavolatura (1615, 1616, 1637) edit

The First Book of Toccatas was first published in 1615 as Toccate e partite d’intavolatura di cimbalo … libro primo, containing 12 toccatas and 3 partitas (variations). A second edition was published the following year, 1615, in which 4 correnti were added, the 3 partitas were replaced with new versions, and a fourth partita was added. Several reprints followed, including one in 1628 in which the title was changed to Il primo libro di toccate d’intavolatura. A final edition, in 1637, added 13 pieces as "Aggiunta" (addition). IMSLP
F2.01 Toccata prima Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.02 Toccata seconda Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.03 Toccata terza Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.04 Toccata quarta Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.05 Toccata quinta Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.06 Toccata sesta Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.07 Toccata settima Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.08 Toccata ottava Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.09 Toccata nona Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.10 Toccata decima Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.11 Toccata undecima Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.12 Toccata duodecima Keyboard Toccate I (1615)
F2.13 Partite sopra l’aria della Romanesca. Keyboard Toccate I (1616) 14 movements. Added in 1616 as replacement for F2.36.
F2.14 Partite sopra la Monica Keyboard Toccate I (1616) 11 movements. Added in 1616 as replacement for F2.37.
F2.15 Partite sopra Ruggiero Keyboard Toccate I (1616) 12 movements. Added in 1616 as replacement for F2.35.
F2.16 Partite sopra Folia Keyboard Toccate I (1616) 6 movements. Added in 1616.
F2.17 Corrente prima Keyboard Toccate I (1616) Added in 1616.
F2.18 Corrente seconda Keyboard Toccate I (1616) Added in 1616.
F2.19 Corrente terza Keyboard Toccate I (1616) Added in 1616.
F2.20 Corrente quarta Keyboard Toccate I (1616) Added in 1616.
F2.21 Balletto Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.22 Corrente del Balletto Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.23 Passacagli Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.24 Balletto secondo Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.25 Corrente del Balletto Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.26 Balletto Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.27 Corrente del Balletto Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.28 Passacagli Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.29 Cento partite sopra passacagli Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.30 Capriccio del Soggetto scritto sopra l’aria di Roggiero Keyboard Toccate I (1637) 6 movements. Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.31 Capriccio sopra la Battaglia Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.32 Balletto e Ciaccone Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.33 Corrente e Ciaccona Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.34 Capriccio pastorale Keyboard Toccate I (1637) Added in 1637 as "Aggiunta".
F2.35 Partite sopra Ruggiero Keyboard Toccate I (1615) 8 movements. Replaced by F2.14 in 1616.
F2.36 Partite sopra la Romanesca Keyboard Toccate I (1615) 12 movements. Replaced by F2.13 in 1616.
F2.37 Partite sopra la Monica Keyboard Toccate I (1615) 6 movements. Replaced by F2.15 in 1616.

Il secondo libro di toccate d’intavolatura (1627) edit

The Second Book of Toccatas was first published in 1627 as Il secondo libro di toccate, canzone, versi d’hinni, Magnificat, gagliarde, correnti et altre partite d’intavolatura di cembalo et organo. It contained 11 toccatas and 29 pieces in a variety of forms, as suggested by the title. It was reprinted in 1637, with the last two partitas omitted. IMSLP
F3.01 Toccata prima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.02 Toccata seconda Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.03 Toccata terza per l’organo da sonarsi all’elevazione Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.04 Toccata quarta per l’organo da sonarsi all’elevazione Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.05 Toccata quinta sopra i pedali per l’organo, e senza Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.06 Toccata sesta per l’organo sopra i pedali, e senza Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.07 Toccata settima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.08 Toccata ottava di durezze e legature Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.09 Toccata nona Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.10 Toccata decima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.11 Toccata undecima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.12 “Ancidetemi Pur” d’Arcadelt passaggiato Keyboard Toccate II (1627) Arrangement of a madrigal by Arcadelt.
F3.13 Canzona prima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.14 Canzona seconda Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.15 Canzona terza Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.16 Canzona quarta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.17 Canzona quinta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.18 Canzona sesta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.19 Inno della Domenica Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.20 Inno degli Apostoli Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.21 Inno Iste confessor Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.22 Inno Ave maris stella Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.23 Magnificat primi toni Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.24 Magnificat secundi toni Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.25 Magnificat sexti toni Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.26 Aria detta balletto Keyboard Toccate II (1627) 8 movements.
F3.27 Gagliarda prima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.28 Gagliarda seconda Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.29 Gagliarda terza Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.30 Gagliarda quarta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.31 Gagliarda quinta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.32 Aria detta la Frescobalda Keyboard Toccate II (1627) 5 movements.
F3.33 Corrente prima Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.34 Corrente seconda Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.35 Corrente seconda alio modo Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.36 Corrente quarta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.37 Corrente quinta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.38 Corrente sesta Keyboard Toccate II (1627)
F3.39 Partite sopra ciaccona Keyboard Toccate II (1627) Omitted in the 1637 reprint.
F3.40 Partite sopra passacagli Keyboard Toccate II (1627) Omitted in the 1637 reprint.

Il primo libro di capricci (1624) edit

The First Book of Capriccios was published in Rome in 1624 as Il primo libro di capricci fatti sopra diversi soggetti et arie in partitura, containing 12 capriccios. It was reprinted in Venice in 1626 in an edition combining the capricci with the earlier Recercari, et canzoni franzese. The Opere complete published the original, separate edition of the capricci in Volume 4.
F4.01 Capriccio I sopra Ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.02 Capriccio II sopra La, sol, fa, mi, re, ut Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.03 Capriccio III sopra il Cucho Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.04 Capriccio IV sopra La, sol, fa, re, mi Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.05 Capriccio V sopra la Bassa Fiamenga Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.06 Capriccio VI sopra la Spagnoletta Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.07 Capriccio VII sopra l’aria “Or chè noi rimena” in partite Keyboard Capricci (1624) Omitted from the 1626 and subsequent editions.
F4.08 Capriccio VIII cromatico con ligature al contrario Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.09 Capriccio IX di durezze Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.10 Capriccio X sopra un soggetto Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.11 Capriccio XI obligo di cantare la quinta parte Keyboard Capricci (1624)
F4.12 Capriccio XII sopra l’aria di Ruggiero Keyboard Capricci (1624)

Il primo libro dei madrigali (1608) edit

Frescobaldi's first published collection, consisting of 19 madrigals. Published in Antwerp in 1608. IMSLP
F5.01 Fortunata per me, felice aurora C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.02 Ahi bella sì, ma cruda mia nemica C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.03 Se la doglia e’l martire C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.04 Da qual sfera del ciel fra noi discese C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.05 Perché spesso a veder la vostra luce C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.06 Amor ti chiama il mondo C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.07 Tu pur mi fuggi ancora C, A, T, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.08 S’a la gelata mia timida lingua C, A, T, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.09 Vezzosissima Filli C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.10 Perchè fuggi tra’ salci C, A, T, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.11 Giunt’è pur, Lidia, il mio C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.12 S’io miro in te, m’uccidi C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.13 Amor mio, perchè piangi C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.14 Lasso, io languisco e moro, e voi, mio sole C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.15 Cor mio, chi mi t’invola C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.16 So ch’aveste in lasciarmi C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.17 Qui dunque, ohimé, qui dove C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.18 Se lontana voi sete C, C, A, T, B Madrigali (1608)
F5.19 Come perder poss’io C, A, T, T, B Madrigali (1608)

Il primo libro delle fantasie (1608) edit

Frescobaldi's first published collection of keyboard music, consisting of 12 fantasias. Published in Milan in 1608.
F6.01 Fantasia prima sopra un soggietto Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.02 Fantasia seconda sopra un soggietto solo Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.03 Fantasia terza sopra un soggietto solo Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.04 Fantasia quarta sopra doi soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.05 Fantasia quinta sopra doi soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.06 Fantasia sesta sopra doi soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.07 Fantasia settima sopra tre soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.08 Fantasia ottavo sopra tre soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.09 Fantasia nona sopra tre soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.10 Fantasia decima sopra quattro soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.11 Fantasia undecima sopra quattro soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)
F6.12 Fantasia duodecima sopra quattro soggietti Keyboard Fantasie (1608)

Arie Musicali edit

The two volumes of secular songs (Primo libro d’arie musicali per cantarsi, a 1–3 voci and Secondo libro d’arie musicali per cantarsi, a 1–3 voci) were published in Florence, where Frescobaldi served in the Medici court, in 1630. IMSLP

Primo libro d'arie musicali (1630) edit

F7.01 Signor, c'hora fra gli ostri [Sonnetto in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.02 Degnati, O gran Fernando [Canto in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.03 Ardo, e taccio il mio mal [Canto in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.04 Dove, dove, Signor quieto ricetto [Sonetto spirituale in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.05 Dopo si lungo error [Canto spirituale] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.06 A piè della gran Croce [Sonetto spirituale. Maddalena alla Croce] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.07 Dunque dovrò del puro servir mio [Aria di Romanesca] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.08 Se l'onde, ohimé [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.09 Donna, siam rei di morte [Sonetto] B, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.10 Entro nave dorata [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.11 Troppo sotto due stelle [Aria] B, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.12 Non mi negate, ohime [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.13 Di Licori un guardo [Canto] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.14 Voi partite mio Sole [Aria] T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.15 Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.16 Così mi disprezzate [Aria di Passacaglia] C, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.17 Se m'amate io v'adoro [Madrigale] C, T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.18 Begli occhi io non provo [Canto] C, C, Bc or T, T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.19 Occhi che sete di voi pomposi [Aria] C, C, Bc or T, T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.20 Dove, dove ne vai pensiero [Canzone] C, T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.21 Era già tutta mia [Canzona] C, T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.22 Corilla danzando [Canzona] C, A, T, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)
F7.23 Con dolcezza e pietate [Canzona] A, T, B, Bc Arie musicali I (1630)

Secondo libro d'arie musicali (1630) edit

F7.24 Vanne, ò carta amorosa C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.25 Ben veggio donna homai [Canto in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.26 Oscure selve [Canto in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.27 Ohimè, che fur, che sono [Sonetto spirituale in stile recitativo] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.28 Dove, dove sparir [Sonetto spirituale] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.29 Ti lascio anima mia [Prima parte sopra l’aria di Ruggieri] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.30 Voi partite mio sole [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.31 La mia pallida faccia [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.32 A miei pianti al fine un dì [Aria] T, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.33 O mio cor, dolce mia vita [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.34 Son ferito, son morto [Aria] C, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.35 Non vi partite [Aria] C, T, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.36 Gioite, O selve, O venti [Canzona] C, T, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.37 Bella tiranna [Madrigale] T, T, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.38 Soffrir non posso [Canzona] T, T, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.39 Deh, volate oh mie voci dolenti [Canzona] A, T, B, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.40 Quanto più sorda sete [Madrigale] A, T, B, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.41 Deh, vien da me pastorella [Ceccona] T, T, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.42 Doloroso mio core [Canzona] A, T, B, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
F7.43 O dolore, O ferita [Canzona] A, T, B, Bc Arie musicali II (1630)
Volume 7 of the Opere complete also contains 3 secular songs the appeared in anthologies.
F7.44 O bell'occhi che guerrieri C, Bc Giardino musicale (1621) In the anthology Giardino musicale di varii eccellenti autori published in Rome in 1621.
F7.45 Alla gloria alli honori C or T, Bc Ghirlandetta amorosa (1621) In the anthology Ghirlandetta amorosa, published in Orvieto in 1621.
F7.46 Era l'anima mia C, C, Bc L’aurata cintia armonica (1622) In the anthology L’aurata cintia armonica, arie, madrigali, dialoghi, e villanelle, di diversi eccelentissimi autori, published in Orvieto in 1622.

Il primo libro delle canzoni (Masotti 1628, Robletti 1628, 1634) edit

Frescobaldi published three collections of instrumental canzonas:
  • In partitura, il primo libro delle canzoni a 1-4, bc, per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti (1628, published in Venice by Masotti, edited by Grassi)
  • Il primo libro delle canzoni a 1–4, bc, accomodate per sonare [con] ogni sorte de stromenti (1628, published in Rome by Robletti)
  • Canzoni da sonare a 1–4, bc, … libro primo (1634, published in Venice by Vincenti).

The contents of these publications are related, but not identical, and the relationships are complicated. A canzona may appear in just one, two, or all three publications, and the versions may be identical, slightly different, or radically different. Their order also differs in each of the publications. All are published in Volume 8 of the Opere complete but in a somewhat random order, so the FTCO orders them by their instrumentation, from fewer to more instruments, and assigns identical numbers to the related pieces in the three publications. The versions are distinguished by the extensions a for Canzoni (Masotti, 1628), b for Canzoni (Robletti, 1628), and c for Canzoni (1634). The appended letters are assigned consistently, regardless of whether there are one, two, or three versions. In other words, the existence of F 8.03b does not imply the existence of F 8.03a, because there is no work in Canzoni (Masotti, 1628) related to that composition. IMSLP (Robletti) IMSLP (1634)

F8.01a Canzona 1 detta la Bonvisia, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.01c Canzon 1, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.02a Canzona 2 detta la Bernardinia, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.02b Canzon 1, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.02c Canzon 3, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.03b Canzon 2, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628) Only in Robletti.
F8.04a Canzona 3 detta la Lucchesina, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.04b Canzon 4, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.04c Canzon 2, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.05a Canzona 4 detta la Donatina, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.05b Canzon 3, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.05c Canzon 4, canto solo C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.06a Canzona 5 detta la Tromboncina, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.06b Canzon 1, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.06c Canzon 1, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.07a Canzona 6 detta l’Altera, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.07b Canzon 3, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.07c Canzon 2, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.08a Canzona 7 detta la Superba, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.08b Canzon 4, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.09a Canzona 8 detta l’Ambitiosa, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.09b Canzon 2, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.09c Canzon 3, basso solo B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.10a Canzona 9 detta la Gualterina, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.10b Canzon 1, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.10c Canzon 1, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.11a Canzona 10 detta la Henricuccia, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.11b Canzon 2, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.11c Canzon 2, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.12a Canzona 11 detta la Plettenberger, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.12b Canzon 3, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.12c Canzon 4, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.13a Canzona 12 detta la Todeschina, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.13b Canzon 4, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.14a Canzona 13 detta la Bianchina, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.14b Canzon 5, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.14c Canzon 3, a due canti C, C, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.15a Canzona 14 detta la Marina, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.15b Canzon 1, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.15c Canzon 1, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.16a Canzona 15 detta la Lievoratta, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.16b Canzon 2, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.16c Canzon 3, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.17a Canzona 16 detta la Samminiata, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.17b Canzon 3, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.17c Canzon 2, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.18a Canzona 17 detta la Diodata, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.18b Canzon 4, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.18c Canzon 4, a due bassi B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.19a Canzona 18 detta la Masotti a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.19b Canzon 1 a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.19c Canzon 1 a 2, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.20a Canzona 19 detta la Capriola a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.20b Canzon 2 a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.20c Canzon 2 a 2, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.21a Canzona 20 detta la Liparella a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.21b Canzon 3 a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.21c Canzon 3 a 2, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.22a Canzona 21 detta la Tegrimuccia a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.22b Canzon 4 a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.22c Canzon 4 a 2, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.23a Canzona 22 detta la Nicolina a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.23b Canzon 5 a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.23c Canzon 5 a 2, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.24a Canzona 23 detta la Franciotta a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.24b Canzon 6 a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.24c Canzon 6 a 2, canto e basso C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.25a Canzona 24 detta la Nobile a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.25b Canzon 1 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.25c Canzon 1 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.26a Canzona 25 detta la Garzoncina a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.26b Canzon 2 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.26c Canzon 2 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.27a Canzona 26 detta la Moricona a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.27b Canzon 3 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.28c Canzon 3 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.29c Canzon 4 a 3, due bassi e canto C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.30a Canzona 27 detta la Lanciona a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.30b Canzon 4 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.30c Canzon 4 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.31a Canzona 28 detta la Lanberta a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.31b Canzon 5 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.32a Canzona 29 detta la Boccellina a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.32b Canzon 6 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.32c Canzon 2 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.33c Canzon 1 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.34c Canzon 5 a 3, due canti e basso C, C, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.35a Canzona 30 detta la Cittadellia a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.35b Canzon 1 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.35c Canzon 4 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.36a Canzona 31 detta l’Arnolfinia, a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.36b Canzon 2 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.37a Canzona 32 detta l’Altogradina, a 4. due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.37b Canzon 4 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.38a Canzona 33 detta la Rovellina, a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.38b Canzon 5 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.38c Canzon 2 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.39a Canzona 34 detta la Sandoninia, a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.39c Canzon 1 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.40c Canzon 3 a 4, due canti e due bassi C, C, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.41a Canzona 35 detta l’Alessandrina, a 4, canto, alto, tenore e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.41b Canzon 3 a 4, canto, alto, tenore e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.42a Canzona 36 detta la Capponcina, a 4. canto, alto, tenore e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628)
F8.42b Canzon 6 a 4, canto, alto, tenore e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (Robletti, 1628)
F8.42c Canzon 3 a 4, canto, alto, tenor e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1634)
F8.43a Canzona 37 detta la Sardina, a 4, canto alto, tenore e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628) Only in Masotti.
F8.44c Canzon 1 a 4, canto, alto, tenor e basso, sopra Rugier C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.45c Canzon 2 a 4, canto, alto, tenor e basso, sopra Romanesca C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.46c Canzon 4 a 4, canto, alto, tenor e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.47c Canzon 5 a 4, canto, alto, tenor e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.48c Canzon 6 a 4, canto, alto, tenor e basso C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1634) Only in the 1634 edition.
F8.49 Toccata per Spinettina e Violino Spinettina, vn, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628) Only in Masotti.
F8.50 Toccata per spinettina sola, over liuto Spinettina or lute, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628) Only in Masotti.
F8.51 Canzona ultima detta la Vittoria, spinettina sola Spinettina, Bc Canzoni (Masotti, 1628) Only in Masotti.
Volume 8 of the Opere complete also contains 3 instrumental canzonas by Frescobaldi that appeared in the anthology Basso canzoni per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti, published in Venice in 1608.
F8.52 Canzon 13 a 4 C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1608)
F8.53 Canzon 21 a 5 C, C, A, T, B, Bc Canzoni (1608)
F8.54 Canzon 29 a 8 C, C, A, A, T, T, B, B, Bc Canzoni (1608)

Recercari, et canzoni franzese (1615) edit

Published as Recercari, et canzoni franzese fatte sopra diverse oblighi in partitura … libro primo. It was reprinted in Venice in 1626 in an edition combining the recercars and canzonas with the First Book of Capriccios. The Opere complete published the original, separate edition of the recercari and canzoni in Volume 9. IMSLP
F9.01 Recercar primo Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.02 Recercar secondo Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.03 Recercar terzo Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.04 Recercar quarto sopra mi, re, fa, mi Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.05 Recercar quinto Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.06 Recercar sesto sopra fa, fa, sol, la, fa Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.07 Recercar settimo sopra sol, mi, fa, la, sol Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.08 Recercar ottavo, obligo di non uscir mai di grado Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.09 Recercar nono con quattro soggetti Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.10 Recercar decimo, sopra la, fa, sol, la, re Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.11 Canzon prima [Primo tono] Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.12 Canzon seconda [Primo tono] Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.13 Canzon terza [Secondo tono] Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.14 Canzon quarta [Sesto tono] Keyboard Recercari (1615)
F9.15 Canzon quinta [Nono tono] Keyboard Recercari (1615)

Canzoni alla francese (1645) edit

The Canzoni alla francese in partitura was published two years after Frescobaldi's death, by his publisher Vincenti in Venice. They are presumed to be works in progress at the time of his death, and the collection is now generally admitted to the Frescobaldi canon.[1]
F10.01 Canzon Prima detta la Rovetta Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.02 Canzon Seconda detta la Sabbatina Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.03 Canzon Terza detta la Crivelli Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.04 Canzon Quarta detta la Scacchi Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.05 Canzon Quinta detta la Bellerofonte Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.06 Canzon Sesta detta la Pesenti Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.07 Canzon Settima detta la Tarditi Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.08 Canzon Ottava detta la Vincenti Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.09 Canzon Nona detta la Querina Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.10 Canzon Decima detta la Paulini Keyboard Canzoni (1645)
F10.11 Canzon Undecima detta la Gardana Keyboard Canzoni (1645)

Liber secundus diversarum modulationum (1627) edit

This collection of concertato motets (or sacred concertos) for one to four voices and organ continuo was published as a set of part-books in 1627. Only a single copy survives, missing one of the part-books, so some of these works were reconstructed by the editors of Volume 11 of the Opere complete. There was presumably a Liber primus, but it has not been found.
F11.01 Aspice Domine C, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.02 Ipsi sum desponsata C, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.03 Deus noster refugium C, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.04 Exultavit cor meum T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.05 O Jesu mi dulcissime T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.06 Vidi speciosam sicut columbam C, C, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.07 De ore prudentis procedit mel C, C, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.08 Sicut mater consolatur filios C, C, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.09 Beatus vir qui suffert tentationem C, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.10 O mors illa quam amara C, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.11 Benedicta tu Mater sanctissima C, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.12 Viri sancti T, T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.13 Tempus est A, T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.14 Benedicite Deum T, T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.15 Tota pulchra es amica mea C, C, T. Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.16 Decantabat populus Israel C, C, T. Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.17 Exurge Domine B, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.18 Reminiscere B, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.19 O bone Jesu C, T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.20 O sacrum convivium C, C, T. Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.21.01 Prima Pars: Vox dilecti mei pulsantis C, C, T. Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.21.02 Seconda pars: Quam pulchra es, et speciosa virgo C, C, T. Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.22 Sic amantem diligite A, T, T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.23 Ego flos campi C, C, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.24 Jesu Rex admirabilis C, C, T. Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627) Alternate version appeared in the anthology Sacri affetti con testi da diversi eccelentissimi autori (1625).
F11.25 Exaudi nos Deus A, T, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.26 Ego clamavi C, A, T, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.27 Civitas Hierusalem noli flere C, A, T, T, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.28 Ego sum qui sum C, A, T, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.29 Corona aurea super caput eius C, A, T, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.30 Jesu flos mater Virginis C, A, T, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
F11.31 Ave Virgo gloriosa C, A, T, B, Bc Liber II diversarum modulationum (1627)
The following motets were published in anthologies, and may have been included in the lost Liber primus.
F11.40 Peccavi super numerum C, C, T. Bc Selectae cantiones (1616) Published in the anthology Selectae cantiones excellentissimorum auctorum (1616).
F11.41 Angelus ad pastores ait C, T, Bc Scelta di motetti (1618) Published in the anthology Scelta di motetti di diversi eccellentissimi autori (1618).
F11.42 Ego sum panis vivus C, C, T. Bc Lilia campi (1621) Published in the anthology Lilia campi binis, ternis, quaternis; vocibus concinnata (1621).

Fiori musicali (1635) edit

The Fiori musicali di diverse compositioni, toccate, kyrie, canzoni, capricci, e recercari, in partitura was published in Venice in 1635. It consists of cycles of music for the Sunday Mass, the Mass of the Apostles and the Mass of the Virgin. IMSLP

Messa della Domenica edit

F12.01 Toccata avanti la Messa della Domenica Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.02 Kyrie della domenica Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.03 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.04 Christe Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.05 Christe alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.06 Christe alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.07 Christe alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.08 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.09 Kyrie alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.10 Kyrie alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.11 Kyrie ultimo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.12 Kyrie alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.13 Kyrie alio modo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.14 Canzon dopo l’Epistola Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.15 Recercar dopo il Credo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.16 Toccata cromaticha per l’elevatione Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.17 Canzon post il Comune Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)

Messa delli Apostoli edit

F12.18 Toccata avanti la Messa delli Apostoli Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.19 Kyrie delli Apostoli Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.20 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.21 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.22 Christe Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.23 Christe Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.24 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.25 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.26 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.27 Canzon dopo l’Epistola Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.28 Toccata avanti il Recercar Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.29 Recercar cromaticho post il Credo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.30 Altro Recercar Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.31 Toccata per l’elevatione Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.32 Recercar con obligo del basso come apare Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.33 Canzon quarti toni dopo il post Comune Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)

Messa della Madonna edit

F12.34 Toccata avanti la Messa della Madonna Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.35 Kyrie della Madonna Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.36 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.37 Christe Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.38 Christe Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.39 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.40 Kyrie Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.41 Canzon dopo l’Epistola Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.42 Recercar dopo il Credo Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.43 Toccata avanti il Recercar Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.44 Recercar con obligo di cantare la quinta parte senza toccarla Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.45 Toccata per l’elevatione Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.46 Bergamasca Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)
F12.47 Capriccio sopra la Girolmeta Keyboard Fiori musicali (1635)

Catalogue of Manuscript Works edit

Volumes 1 and 13 of the Opere complete are devoted to manuscript works, with volume 1 containing the two 8-part masses and volume 13 containing keyboard works. The ordering of the works in Volume 13 is somewhat random, and the FTCO catalogues lost and misattributed compositions that are not in Volume 13. As a result, a different categorization scheme is used for these works.

F13 Compositions in manuscripts entered in Frescobaldi’s hand
F14 Compositions entered in the hands of Frescobaldi’s assistants (Borbone and Castellani)
F15 Compositions in early manuscripts (probably or possibly by Frescobaldi)
F16-17 Compositions in later manuscripts (most of doubtful authenticity)
F18 Spurious or misattributed compositions
F19 Compositions by others based on works by Frescobaldi
F20 Lost compositions

The FTCO further categorizes each work's authenticity as either Definite, Probably, Possibly, Doubtful, Spurious and Disputed. In general, the stylistic comparisons used with other composers, particularly Bach, are less useful for Frescobaldi. His published works are polished and fully-realized. The manuscript works are less so, as they typically represent drafts, experiments and teaching exercises for his students. The manuscript repertory represents a complement, rather than a continuation, of the published repertory. [cite].

Research in recent decades has refined the identification of the handwriting of Frescobaldi and his associates, particularly Nicolò Borbone and Leonardo Castellani, for both music and text. Borbone was the engraver for many of Frescobaldi's publications. Castellani, an organist at the Lateran, is now known to be the original collector of the Chigi manuscripts now held in the Vatican.

FTCO Title Scoring Main Source Notes [Authenticity]

Due messe a otto voci e basso continuo edit

The authenticity of the two 8-voice masses has been the subject of lively debate. The attribution to Frescobaldi is based on his signature and several notations on the continuo part of one of the masses. The argument against is that these annotations only suggest that Frescobaldi's involvement was only as the performer of the continuo on the organ.
F1.01 Messa sopra l’aria della Monica C, C, A, A, T, T, B, B, Bc Laterano XI n. 8 [disputed]
F1.02 Messa sopra l’aria di Fiorenza C, C, A, A, T, T, B, B, Bc Laterano XI n. 8 [disputed]

Compositions in manuscripts entered in Frescobaldi’s hand edit

Frescobaldi has been identified as the main scribe of Chigi Q.IV.29, and the works in his hand are now believed to be his compositions,.
F13.01 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.02 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.03 Recercar Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.04 Toccata per l’elevatione Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.05 Recercar Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.06 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.07 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.08 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.09 Recercar Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.10 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.11 Toccata [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
F13.12 Ruggieri Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite] 3 movements.
F13.13 La Monica Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite] 3 movements.
F13.14 [untitled, incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [definite]
The Paris 64 manuscript, now held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, dates from 1607-37 in Rome, and has been determined to be in the hand of Frescobaldi.
F13.15 [Toccata] Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.16 Corrente Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.17 [Balletto] Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.18 La Monica Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.19 Corrente Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.20 Allamana Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.21 Ciaccona [fragment] Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.22.01 Balletto Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.22.02 Balletto, 2a parte alio modo Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.23 Sarabanda Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.24 Aria detta la Frescobalda Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.25 Toccata Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.26 Corrente Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.27 Toccata [fragment] Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.28 Toccata Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
F13.29 Toccata avanti la Romanesca Keyboard Paris 64 [definite]
Held at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Rome, the Barb. lat. 4181 and 4182 manuscripts have been claimed to be in Frescobaldi's hand, but that identification has been disputed.
F13.30 [untitled] Keyboard Barb. lat. 4181 [disputed]
F13.31 Avignon corrente Keyboard Barb. lat. 4182 [disputed]
F13.32 [untitled fragment] Keyboard Barb. lat. 4182 [disputed]
F13.33 [untitled] Keyboard Barb. lat. 4182 [disputed]
F13.34 [untitled fragment] Keyboard Barb. lat. 4182 [disputed]
F13.35.01 Pr[im]o [tono] Keyboard Barb. lat. 4182 [disputed]
F13.35.02 2o [tono] Keyboard Barb. lat. 4182 [disputed]
Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 is a collection of loose fascicles from diverse sources.
F13.36S Alleluia [1] C, C, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [spurious] excerpts from Mazzocchi’s Sacri flores (1640)
F13.37S Alleluia [2] [fragment] C, C, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206
F13.38S Omnes santci C, C, B, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206
F13.39 Arpeggiate Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [definite]
F13.40 [Verset] Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [possibly]
These works in the Chigi Q.IV.19 manuscript are transcriptions for keyboard, in Frescobaldi’s hand, of polyphonic hymns by Victoria and Palestrina, probably in preparation for his hymn settings in Toccate II (1627).
F13.41S In Natali Confessorum: Iste confessor Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19 Transcriptions (in Frescobaldi's hand) of hymns by Palestrina.
F13.42S In Dominicha per Anum: Lucis creator optime Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.43S In nativitate et circumsisione Domini: Christe Redemptor Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.44S In Communi apostoli et evangelista: Exultet celum laudibus Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.45S In Festo Apostolorum et Evangelistarum Tempore Paschali: tristis erant Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.46S In Communi unius martyris: Deus tuorum militum Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.47S In Festo Beatae Virginis: Ave Maris Stella Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.48S Iste confessor Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19 Transcriptions (in Frescobaldi's hand) of hymns by Victoria.
F13.49S Nova veniens Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.50S De nativitate Domini; Christe, redemptor omnium Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.51S In Dominicis per Anum: Lucis creator optime Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.52S In Octava Paschae usque ad Ascensionum: Ad coenam Agni provdidi Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19
F13.53S De Beata Virgine: Ave maris stella Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.19

Compositions entered in the hands of Frescobaldi’s assistants edit

F14.01 Partite sopra l’aria di Fiorenza Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably] 3 movements.
F14.02.01 Toccata per organo Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.02.02 Canzona che seque alla Toccata (Canzona which follows the Toccata [13.62.1]) Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.03.01 Toccata per organo Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.03.02 [Capriccio] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.04 Capriccio Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.05 Capriccio fatto sopra il Cucchù Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.06.01 Toccata per organo con pedali Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.06.02 Canzona doppo la Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.07 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.08 Toccata per organo Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.09 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.10 Recercare Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.11 Recercare cromatico [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [probably]
F14.12 Toccata prima Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [possibly]
F14.13 Toccata seconda Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [possibly]
F14.14 Toccata terza Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.25 [possibly]

Fioretti del Frescobaldi edit

The much-studied Fioretti are in Borbone's hand, with some scribblings on the back flyleaf likely in Frescobaldi's hand. Concordances between the Fioretti and other canzonas and the format of the staves suggest that these were originally instrumental canzonas, transcribed for keyboard by Borbone at Frescobaldi's request. The Fioretti are accepted as part of the Fresobaldi canon[2].
F14.15 Canzona prima [per] cimbalo solo Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.16 Canzona seconda Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.17 Canzona terza Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.18 Canzona quarta Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.19 Canzona quinta Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.20 Canzona sesta Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.21 Canzona settima Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.22 Canzona ottava Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.23 Canzona nona Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.24 Canzona decima Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.25 Canzona undecima Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.26 Toccata Keyboard London 40080 [probably]
F14.27 Toccata sopra li pedali Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.28 [Ruggiero] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably] 3 movements.
F14.29 Recercare Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.30 Recercare Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.31 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.32 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.33 Recercare Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.34 Canzona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.35 Ave maris stella Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.36 [Toccata] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.37 Iste Confessor Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.38 [Aria di Fiorenza] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably] 3 movements.
F14.39 Recercare Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.40 Toccata per l’ elevatione [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.41 Kyrie delli Apostoli Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.42 Christe Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.43 [Corrente] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.44 [Recercar] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.45 [Toccata] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.46 Balletto Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably] 7 movements.
F14.47 Ciaccona Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.24 [probably]
F14.48 Corrente [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.29 [possibly]
F14.49 Passagalli [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.50 Ballo a 3 Vn, Vn, Archlute, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.51 [Canzona] a 2 See Notes Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.52 Canzona a 2 Vn, Theorbo, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.53 Canzona a due, canto e basso C, B, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.54 Canzona, Violino Solo Vn, Bc Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.55 Dominus Virtutum, Basso solo Not Specified Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [possibly]
F14.56 Fantasia Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [possibly]
F14.57 Recercare Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.58 Toccata [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.59 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [disputed]
F14.60 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [doubtful]
F14.61 Balletto Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [disputed]
F14.62 Corrente Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [disputed]
F14.64 Ruggiero Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably] 3 movements.
F14.65 Hinno per le domeniche di tutto l’anno: Lucis creator optime Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.66 Hinno della pentecoste: Veni creator spiritus Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.67 Hinno degli Apostoli Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.68 Hinno di Natale: Christe redemptor omnium Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.69 Balletto [incomplete] Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably] 2 movements.
F14.70 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [probably]
F14.71 Corrente Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [possibly]
F14.72 Corrente Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.27 [possibly]
F14.73 Toccata Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.27 [probably]
F14.74 Corrente Keyboard Chigi Q.IV.27 [probably]

Compositions in early manuscripts (probably or possibly by Frescobaldi) edit

F15.01 Corrente Keyboard Prontera 1 [probably]
F15.02 Romanesca Keyboard Prontera 1 [probably] 4 movements.
F15.03 Toccata Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.04a Toccata del Frescobaldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.04b [Toccata] 3. toni Keyboard Munich 1581 [probably]
F15.05 Toccata del Sigr Frescobaldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.06 Toccata F. Baldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.07 Toccata del Sigr Frescobaldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.08 Toccata F. Baldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.09 Toccata di Frescobaldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.10 Toccata del Sigr Frescobaldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.11 Toccata per l’organo col contrabasso overo pedale di Frescobaldi Keyboard Turin Giordano 1 [probably]
F15.13 Corrente Keyboard Turin Foa 6 [probably]
F15.14 Corrente Keyboard Turin Foa 6 [probably]
F15.15 Corrente Keyboard Turin Foa 6 [probably]
F15.16a Corrente Keyboard Rome Doria 250 B [possibly]
F15.16b Corrente Keyboard Chigi Q.VIII.205-206 [possibly]
F15.16c Corrente Keyboard Ravenna 545 [possibly]
F15.17 Capriccio Keyboard Ravenna 545 [possibly]
F15.18 Capriccio Keyboard Ravenna 545 [possibly]
F15.19 Canzon Keyboard Ravenna 545 [possibly]
F15.20 Verso Keyboard Ravenna 545 [possibly]
F15.22 Prima Toccata Keyboard Cologny T.II.1 [possibly]
F15.23 Seconda Toccata Keyboard Cologny T.II.1 [possibly]
F15.24 Terza Toccata odi Canzona Keyboard Cologny T.II.1 [possibly]
F15.25 Piva / Quarto Toccata Keyboard Cologny T.II.1 [possibly]
F15.26 Capriccio Keyboard Paris Bauyn [probably]
F15.26.01 Capriccio Keyboard Paris Bauyn [possibly]
F15.26.02 Capriccio; but see F 15.26 Keyboard Paris Bauyn [possibly]
F15.27 Trio Keyboard Paris Bauyn [doubtful]
F15.28 Fantasie Keyboard Paris Bauyn [possibly]
F15.29 Durezze Keyboard Oldham MS [possibly]
F15.30 Partite sopra un aria Romana detta la Manista [Monaca] Keyboard Krakow [formerly Berlin] 40316 [probable] 6 movements.
F15.32 Toccata Keyboard Krakow [formerly Berlin] 40316 [doubtful]
F15.33 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.35a Fuga Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.35b Verso primo: octavi toni Keyboard Munich 5368 [possibly]
F15.36 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.37 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.38 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.39 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.40 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.41 Canzona Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.42a Fuga gu gu Keyboard Munich 1581 [possibly]
F15.42b Fuga sopra Gu Gu [fragment] Keyboard Berlin 40615 [possibly]
F15.42c [Canzona] sopra il Gu Gu Keyboard Krakow [formerly Berlin] 40316 [possibly]
F15.43 Fuga primi toni Keyboard Munich 5368 [possibly]
F15.44a Canzona secundi toni Keyboard Munich 5368 [possibly]
F15.44b Canzon 2 Keyboard Berlin 40615 [possibly]
F15.45 [Tocate per l’] elevatione [1] Keyboard Berlin L122 [possibly]
F15.46 [Tocate per l’] elevatione [2] Keyboard Berlin L122 [possibly]
F15.47 [Untitled] Keyboard Berlin L122 [possibly]
F15.48 Toccata Keyboard Berlin SHM IV.82++ [?] [possibly]
F15.49 Canzona Keyboard Berlin SHM IV.82++ [?] [possibly]
F15.50 Toccata di Roma sexti toni Keyboard London 23623 [probably]
F15.51 Canzona Keyboard London 36661 [probably]
F15.52 Toccata Keyboard London 36661 [probably]
F15.53 Toccata Keyboard London 36661 [probably]
F15.54 Canzona Keyboard London 36661 [probably]
F15.55 Toccata Keyboard London 36661 [probably]
F15.56 Corrente Keyboard Collina [doubtful]
F15.56a Corrente Keyboard Bologna AA/360 [doubtful]
F15.57 Jod manum suam C, Bc Bologna Q/43 [possibly]
F15.58 O vera digna hostia C, B, Bc Sacri canti (1629) [possibly]
F15.59 Corrente Keyboard Ravenna 545 [possibly]
F15.60 Sonata prima [Partite sopra la Romanesca] Keyboard Turin Foa 8 [probably] 5 movements.
F15.61 Sonata seconda [Partite sopra la Monica] Keyboard Turin Foa 8 [probably] 9 movements.
F15.62 Corrente Keyboard Katz MS [probably]
F15.63 Canzona Keyboard Katz MS [probably]
F15.65 Corrente Keyboard Turin Foa 6 [probably]
F15.66 Corrente Keyboard Turin Foa 6 [probably]

For compositions in later manuscripts (F16, F17), spurious or misattributed compositions (F18), compositions by others based on works by Frescobaldi (F19) and lost compositions (F20), refer to the FTCO site,

Notes edit

  1. ^ Hammond 2020, Section 18.46.
  2. ^ Hammond 2020, Section 18.41.

References edit

  • Hammond, Frederick; Silbiger, Alexander (2001). "Frescobaldi, Girolamo [Gerolamo, Girolimo] Alessandro". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Hammond, Frederick (1983). Girolamo Frescobaldi. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-35438-9.
  • Hammond, Frederick (2020). Girolamo Frescobaldi: An Extended Biography.
  • Silbiger, Alexander (1980). Italian Manuscript Sources of 17th Century Keyboard Music. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press. pp. 152–165. ISBN 0-8357-1075-0.